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I'm a Christian lady, married to a wonderful, quickly aging man who's paraplegic (>40 yrs in wheelchair). We have a lovely 25 yr old daughter who had severe ulcerative colitis requiring a colectomy with j-pouch at age 16. I have a hx of carcenoid tumor in my appendix
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[More] and post trauma pancreas resection and spleanectomy. Lately I'm aging quickly also! (wonder why??) LOL! I do have a good sense of humor and enjoy a healthy dash of idealism. This idealism has recently found enemy with insomnia, lucid dreams and a muscle type pain in a small (4-6 cm) area in my right pectorial (upper/outer breast area...deep) area and sometimes the same type pain in the same size area in the left upper back (deep also). It's specific... the type you can put your finger directly on. I've been a registered nurse since 1990. "Physician heal thyself?" No Way!! When it's personal...a professional can't see a problem as clearly. Diagnoses get fogged by too much personal knowledge.
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"My husband used a manual chair since his injury in 1967. He was 18 at the time and the docs all told him there was no need for an electric wheelchair (which weren't that common then anyway) because he had 2 good arms to use as motors. ..."

"Kelly, My daughter, who's now 25 had a total colectomy with a j-pouch when she was 16. She was diagnosed with UC at age 12. I'm a nurse so I consulted with everyone from GI docs to Chiropractors .... to even a local little 90 yr old "r..."

"You posted this almost a year ago. What have you found out since? Did your headaches, lucid dreams and insomnia go away when the Prevacid was out of your system? Did you find out the Prevacid wasn't the cause? I'm a 48 yr old female ..."

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